Sittings motion agreed to. Order of consideration agreed to. Clauses 1 to 24 agreed to. Schedule 1 agreed to. Clauses 25 to 40 agreed to. Schedule 2 agreed to. Clause 41 agreed to, with an amendment. Bill, as amended, to be reported. (Bill 237).

Sittings motion agreed to. Order of consideration agreed to. Clauses 1 to 24 agreed to. Schedule 1 agreed to. Clauses 25 to 40 agreed to. Schedule 2 agreed to. Clause 41 agreed to, with an amendment. Bill, as amended, to be reported. (Bill 237).

Letter dated 06/10/2020 from Matt Warman MP to Rachel Maskell MP regarding the moratorium as it relates to Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIOs), as discussed during the Public Bill Committee debate on the Charitable Incorporated Organisations (Insolvency and Dissolution) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/856). 2p.

Letter dated 06/10/2020 from Matt Warman MP to Rachel Maskell MP regarding the moratorium as it relates to Charitable Incorporated Organisations (CIOs), as discussed during the Public Bill Committee debate on the Charitable Incorporated Organisations (Insolvency and Dissolution) (Amendment) (No.2) Regulations 2020 (SI 2020/856). 2p.

Motion to consider. Agreed to on question.

Motion to consider. Agreed to on question.

Letter dated 13/11/2017 from Lord Ashton of Hyde to Lord Stevenson of Balmacara regarding an issue raised during the draft Charitable Incorporated Organisations (Consequential Amendments) Order 2017 debate: the requirement for company accounts to be filed prior to an application to convert into a CIO. 2p.

Letter dated 13/11/2017 from Lord Ashton of Hyde to Lord Stevenson of Balmacara regarding an issue raised during the draft Charitable Incorporated Organisations (Consequential Amendments) Order 2017 debate: the requirement for company accounts to be filed prior to an application to convert into a CIO. 2p.

My Lords, the order forms a very small part of a package of secondary legislation that will enable charities that have adopted the company structure, or a community interest company, to use a simple process to convert into a charitable incorporated organisation —CIO—should they so wish, and makes some consequential...

My Lords, the order forms a very small part of a package of secondary legislation that will enable charities that have adopted the company structure, or a community interest company, to use a simple process to convert into a charitable incorporated organisation —CIO—should they so wish, and makes some consequential...

My Lords, before we wave this goodbye, I wonder whether I could raise a couple of brief points with my noble friend. The CIO is clearly a very welcome new corporate form. As my noble friend explained, it offers trustees of charities the opportunity to obtain limited liability, where there...

My Lords, before we wave this goodbye, I wonder whether I could raise a couple of brief points with my noble friend. The CIO is clearly a very welcome new corporate form. As my noble friend explained, it offers trustees of charities the opportunity to obtain limited liability, where there...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for introducing the order. It may appear slight and not leave much of a shadow,

but it is an important step forward on a path that has been charted for the past three or four years. The noble Lord, Lord Hodgson of...

My Lords, I am grateful to the Minister for introducing the order. It may appear slight and not leave much of a shadow,

but it is an important step forward on a path that has been charted for the past three or four years. The noble Lord, Lord Hodgson of...

It might be helpful if my noble friend on the Front Bench could tell us when we are to have a response to the report by the Select Committee on Charities chaired by the noble Baroness, Lady Pitkeathley, because that would provide a vehicle for the sort of discussion that...

It might be helpful if my noble friend on the Front Bench could tell us when we are to have a response to the report by the Select Committee on Charities chaired by the noble Baroness, Lady Pitkeathley, because that would provide a vehicle for the sort of discussion that...

Indeed—my final point was to be that we have something waiting in the wings which presumably is the answer and I thank the noble Lord for raising it. That is my main point and there are two minor points around it. The first concerns paragraph 8.6 of the Explanatory Memorandum,

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Indeed—my final point was to be that we have something waiting in the wings which presumably is the answer and I thank the noble Lord for raising it. That is my main point and there are two minor points around it. The first concerns paragraph 8.6 of the Explanatory Memorandum,

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My Lords, I thank both noble Lords for their comments. I shall start with my noble friend. Of course we are aware that there will be some work involved in this for the Charity Commission, and we also acknowledge that it has limited resources. That is why we have agreed...

My Lords, I thank both noble Lords for their comments. I shall start with my noble friend. Of course we are aware that there will be some work involved in this for the Charity Commission, and we also acknowledge that it has limited resources. That is why we have agreed...

Soon never means soon.

Soon never means soon.

I have spent a long time at this Dispatch Box debating what “soon” means, and “very soon” and “imminent”, but in this case it is soon. My noble friend Lord Hodgson said there are opportunities in that response. I think it will be worth reading. I am sure that in...

I have spent a long time at this Dispatch Box debating what “soon” means, and “very soon” and “imminent”, but in this case it is soon. My noble friend Lord Hodgson said there are opportunities in that response. I think it will be worth reading. I am sure that in...

Lords motion to approve. Agreed to on question.

Lords motion to approve. Agreed to on question.

I. Letter dated 11/09/2017 from Tracey Crouch MP to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding documents relating to the Charitable Incorporated Organisations (Consequential Amendments) Order 2017 for deposit in the Libraries. 1p. II. The Charitable Incorporated Organisations (Conversion) Regulations 2017 - draft version (together with its Impact Assessment). 2 docs. III. The Index of Company Names (Listed Bodies) Order 2017 - draft version. 2p. III. Explanatory Memoranda for both draft statutory instruments. 2 docs.

I. Letter dated 11/09/2017 from Tracey Crouch MP to the Deposited Papers Clerk regarding documents relating to the Charitable Incorporated Organisations (Consequential Amendments) Order 2017 for deposit in the Libraries. 1p. II. The Charitable Incorporated Organisations (Conversion) Regulations 2017 - draft version (together with its Impact Assessment). 2 docs. III....

Letter dated 30/11/2012 from Lord Wallace of Saltaire to Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town regarding the debate on statutory instruments needed to implement the Charitable Incorporated Organisation. 3 p.

Letter dated 30/11/2012 from Lord Wallace of Saltaire to Baroness Hayter of Kentish Town regarding the debate on statutory instruments needed to implement the Charitable Incorporated Organisation. 3 p.